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Queens Development Gets Local Pushback

Community pressure prompts developer Edgestone to scale back a residential project in Whitestone

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Emily Nonko

May 11, 2015 12:00 a.m. ET

Developers of waterfront sites throughout the city are building towers as high as possible, but the New York-based development firm Edgestone Group is taking a low-density approach in Whitestone, Queens, in response to pressure from the community.

Edgestone Group has decided to scale back its plans to build housing on an 18-acre waterfront site, one of the largest development sites in the borough. Last month, the developer presented...